by Gareth Davies | 16 Sep, 2021 | Members' news, News
The FSA was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Ashden Trust in 2019 to develop a very important project for our community. That is a web app that would allow large numbers of Forest School leaders and their participants to generate a national scale stream of...
by Gareth Davies | 14 Sep, 2021 | FSA Administration, FSA Policy Statements and Actions, KB Subject, News
The FSA was approached by Birnbeck Insurance with a question about loose parts play at Forest School. The question was whether or not ‘loose parts play’ involving man-made materials was a core part of Forest School? The question had arisen because of an...
by Gareth Davies | 20 Aug, 2021 | News
We are pleased to announce that Qualifications Network UK (QNUK) has gained FSA support for their Forest School qualifications. This brings the number of FSA recognised Awarding Organisations to nine. Forest School trainers work through OFQUAL recognised Awarding...
by Gareth Davies | 6 Jul, 2021 | News
We welcome Sarah Lawfull as the new Chair of the FSA. Sarah was voted into the role by the FSA directors during the first board meeting (June) following the AGM in May. Sarah has served as an FSA director since January 2018. She is an FSA Endorsed Forest School...
by Gareth Davies | 14 Jun, 2021 | Members' news, News
As an organisation we have open membership, which means that anyone can join the FSA. The FSA brand and image must be protected, so it can only be used by the FSA organisation and not by individual members. This is also true of other, similar, membership organisations...
by Gareth Davies | 17 May, 2021 | News
Applicants to the FSA Recognised FS Provider scheme must meet our first aid benchmark (taken from band 3 in the Outdoor First Aid Training guide published by the Institute of Outdoor Learning), which is that their course is: 16 hours + with an outdoor element + with a...
by Gareth Davies | 11 May, 2021 | Members' news, News, Uncategorized
The FSA is managed by a board that can have up to twelve full members on it at any one time. There will be five vacant positions on the board at the 2021 AGM. This year only existing directors will be standing for election because their term is up. In addition, we...
by Gareth Davies | 25 Mar, 2021 | FSA Administration, Internal policies and procedures, KB Subject
Agreed by FSA Board on 22nd March 2021 This policy supersedes the EQUALITY and DIVERSITY Policy Agreed Equity Diversity Inclusion policy 22nd march 2021Download Context Globally, 2020 brought a unique set of challenges, and particularly to marginalised groups: the...
by Gareth Davies | 10 Mar, 2021 | News
The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Forest School Association (FSA) will be held on Saturday 22nd May 2021, via an online Zoom meeting between 11:00 and 12:00. The decision to hold the AGM online has been taken because of continuing uncertainty over what...
by Gareth Davies | 4 Feb, 2021 | Members' news, News
It’s not always easy for an independent practitioner to obtain a DBS check, and, in this day and age, no DBS certificate equals no work. Never fear though, as you would expect, the FSA has the answer. We are working with Adventure Plus, which is a DBS umbrella body,...
